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21 January 2013 – The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Chinese engineering portal EEFOCUS have announced a partnership that will see the IET’s essential engineering intelligence made available to over 1 million researchers and academics throughout China. A sample selection of articles from the IET Digital Library will be available free of charge and researchers will also be able to access article abstracts from the IET Inspec bibliographic database. The move is part of the IET’s mission to make engineering content available to as wide a global audience as possible.

As Apple launches its new iPhone5, controversy surrounds its Taiwanese-owned supplier Foxconn over alleged exploitation of Chinese workers - including many who have migrated from other rural areas for jobs in cities.